Hundred and Going Strong
Celebrating its hundredth year of service, TVS & Sons have developed a multi-product workshop for the servicing of construction and material handling equipments of any make.

Th With a turnover exceeding US $ 1 billion and an employee strength of 5,000 personnel, T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons (TVS & Sons), a holding company of the TVS Group, is one of the leading and largest automobile distribution company in India. Being the trading and distribution arm of the group, the business activities of TVS & Sons include deal?erships for automobile vehicles, distribution of spares for after-market, sales and service support for garage equipment, sales and service of products for special applications like construction and material handling. To reach out to its customers directly, the company has started two initiatives MyTVS and PartSmart.

TVS & Sons works on identifying ov?erseas business opportunities, conduct via?bility study, establish the venture by work?ing with right partners in such cou?ntries. It also manages joint ventures / alliances in Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK, USA and Europe for autom?obile distribution / dealership busin?ess, sourcing and supply chain related activities.  
The company distributes commercial vehicles, utility and sports utility vehicles, passenger cars representing various leading automobile vehicle manufacturers such as Ashok Leyland, General Motors, Honda, Mahindra & Mahindra and Mercedes Benz. The company has more than 150 outlets and sells over 50,000 vehicles and service reporting exceeds 5,00,000 vehicles per annum.

TVS as always been pioneers in venturing into new segments and creating a market space for manufacturers. In line with this tradition, the company expected that the construction and material hand?ling equipment sector will be of much demand due to the investment in infrastr?ucture and manufacturing by MNCs. The company started to market construction and material handling equipment, man lifts, door closer units, all representing leading names from India and Overseas and has also earned a niche for itself in this category of business.

This division was started in 1992 with representing Escorts Construction Equi?pment for their various range of pro?duct such as construction equipments like backhoe loaders, wheel loaders, vibratory compactors, motor graders, and tower cranes; material handling equipment like pick 'n' carry cranes, rough terrain cranes, crawler cranes, truck mounted telescopic boom cranes, and fork lift trucks.

Later during the course this division was expanded in the sector with addition of other players and has now established as a dominant player in the sector and now represents JLG Industries INC for arial work platforms, Masats SA-Spain for pneumatic door systems for luxury and tarmac coaches, ThermoKing for bus air conditioning and truck refrigeration units, and lately has tied up with Palfinger Cranes India for truck- mounted cranes.

After marketing and positioning itself in this sector and recognising the market urge for an organised player in servicing of construction and material handling equi?pm?ents of all manufacturers, the company has now invested and developed the multi product workshop. This workshop will take care of the servicing needs of customers in this segment, the workshop located in the industrial hub of Chennai will service any construction and material handling equipment manufactured / imported and sold in Indian market. The facility and spares available with us will ensure timely delivery of all kind of construction and material handling equipments like excavators, loaders, graders, compactors, dozers, man lifts, forklifts, cranes, etc.